FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, NOV. 24, 2009

• Emmett Morris
• Kansas Regional Census Center
• Phone: 816-994-2113
• Cell: 816-457-1856
• e-mail: <emmett.m.morris.jr@census.gov>

• CB09-CR.12

***CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY***

Census Bureau Director and Congressman Clay to Launch
Missouri’s 2010 Census in Schools Program in St. Louis

• What:

• U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves and Congressman William Lacy Clay will launch the 2010 Census in Schools program for Missouri at Gateway Math & Science Elementary School in St. Louis. The program, “2010 Census: It’s About Us,” gives schools a wide range of free, optional, standards-based lesson plans on subjects related to the census, ranging from math to social studies. The program is designed for students in kindergarten through 12th grade and will reach all 118,000 schools and 56 million students nationwide.

• When:

• Tuesday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m. (CST)

• Who:

• U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
  Robert M. Groves, director, U.S. Census Bureau
  Renée Jefferson-Copeland, chief, Census in Schools, U.S. Census Bureau

• Where:

• Gateway Math & Science Elementary School
  4 Gateway Dr.
  St. Louis, MO 63106
  Phone: 314-241-8255
  Fax: 314-241-3159
  Principal: Rose Howard

• Please RSVP by 5 p.m., Monday, Nov. 30, to Emmett Morris at 816-994-2113.